Legislators, Patients And Families To Rally Tomorrow In Pennsylvania For Medical Marijuana

A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania legislators and a member of the governor’s executive staff will join a group of seriously ill patients and their family members at a rally Tuesday in support of ending the wait for legal access to medical marijuana.

State Sens. Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon) and Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery), Reps. Ed Gainey (D-East Liberty) and Mike Regan (R-Dillsburg), and Pennsylvania Director of Planning and Policy John Hanger will participate in a news conference at 1 p.m. ET in the Main Rotunda of the State Capitol Building. Patients with cancer, chronic pain, and PTSD, as well as the mothers of several children suffering from epilepsy, will discuss the challenges they have endured while waiting for the House of Representatives to adopt medical marijuana legislation. The Senate approved a medical marijuana bill on May 12.

“It’s been about 130 days since the Senate bill passed, and we’re still waiting on the House to take action,” said Cara Salemme of Hanover, whose son, Jackson, suffers from encephalitis and febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES). “My son has had to use 18 doses of rescue medication, he’s visited the hospital five times, and on two occasions I thought he’d taken his last breath. We simply cannot wait any longer.”

WHAT: News conference and rally in support of ending the wait for legal access to medical marijuana in Pennsylvania

WHEN: Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 1 p.m. ET

WHERE: Main Rotunda of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Harrisburg

Campaign for Compassion is a group of seriously ill patients and their loved ones, medical practitioners, and advocates that works to educate the public about the benefits of medical cannabis and to enact a comprehensive medical cannabis law in Pennsylvania. For more information, visit http://www.campaign4compassion.com/.

Matt baker and mike turzai couldn’t care less if kids (or anyone for that matter) suffers or, worse… Your options are buy underground and support the cartels. When Pennsylvania gets some serious leaders we will stop supporting the underground and buy at locations that are safe, tested, regulated, taxed. The government supports all kind of controversial topics like abortion, pornography, gambling, homosexuality. cannabis is nothing like any of those vices. They have lost the right to tell us what to do any longer.

PA..has been ridiculously slow in passing anything progressive towards Cannabis legalization, medical or other wise ,,, I say follow the money trial. So long as Big Pharm or PIC has any policy makers in the back pocket.. Expect slow to no progress.. It is what it is..and that’s the monster we have to tackle first !)